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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Commitment Therapy

Binu Alexander
Binu Alexander
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Posted by Binu Alexander
Binu Alexander
4,081 Points

my command is git commit README.md ... It is not working

What am i doing wrong ?

2 Answers

Tracy Trathen
Tracy Trathen
10,468 Points
Tracy Trathen
Tracy Trathen
10,468 Points

You didn't use the flags needed to add the file and include a message. That can be done in one shot like this:

git commit -a README.md -m "message to go with the commit"

Here's a link to some really great git documentation: http://git-scm.com/documentation/ that might help you too.... (I refer to this a lot when I can't remember a particular flag, etc.)

Tracy Trathen
Tracy Trathen
10,468 Points

I may have the order wrong in terms of when you put the file name... because when I use git, I break those commands into multiple commands like so:

Add the file (this tells git that you want the file tracked):

git add FILENAME

(where filename is the name of the file... so in your case it would be: git add README.md)

Commit the file (with a succinct message):

git commit -m "concise message about the commit here"